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Billy Muffett

Billy Arnold Muffett (Muff)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: September 21, 1930 in Hammond, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1957
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cardinals/Giants 1957-1962

Final Game: April 28, 1962
Died: June 15, 2008 in Monroe, LA
Buried: Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, LA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1949	18	HLA	C	10	10	.500	5.98	35						164.0	187	142	109		154								2.079	10.3		8.5			HLA · CSTL
1950	19	MRO	C	11	13	.458	2.99	27						205.0	166	95	68		139								1.488	7.3		6.1			MRO · CSTL
1951	20	MRO,SHV	C,AA	22	10	.688	2.25	39	28					252.0	180	83	63		141								1.274	6.4		5.0			MRO,SHV · CSTL,TL
1954	23	SHV	AA	5	11	.313	4.83	34	20		3	1		149.0	145	90	80	8	92		82	3	0	1			1.591	8.8	0.5	5.6	5.0	0.89	SHV · TL
1955	24	CHC-min	AA,A	13	8	.619	3.64	42	21		5	1		185.2	180	88	75	12	104	3	57	7	0	7			1.530	8.7	0.6	5.0	2.8	0.55	SHV,MAC · TL,SALL
1956	25	STL-min	AA,AAA	14	10	.583	2.68	33	16		11	2		171.0	127	58	51	11	54	4	98	6	0	4			1.058	6.7	0.6	2.8	5.2	1.81	HSN,OMA · TL,AA
1957	26	STL-min	AA	14	6	.700	2.20	25	22		14	4		188.0	142	49	46	6	64	6	139	5	0	3			1.096	6.8	0.3	3.1	6.7	2.17	HSN · TL
1957	26	STL	NL	3	2	.600	2.25	23	0	16	0	0	8	44.0	35	11	11	1	13	4	21	0	0	1	174	177	1.091	7.2	0.2	2.7	4.3	1.62
1958	27	STL-min	AAA	2	1	.667		3																									OMA · AA
1958	27	STL	NL	4	6	.400	4.93	35	6	17	1	0	5	84.0	107	52	46	11	42	9	41	5	0	0	396	85	1.774	11.5	1.2	4.5	4.4	0.98
1959	28	BOS-SFG-min	AAA	7	6	.538	4.46	32	13		3	1		109.0	134	72	54	12	46	4	56	0	0	2			1.651	11.1	1.0	3.8	4.6	1.22	MNE,PHX · AA,PCL
1959	28	SFG	NL	0	0		5.40	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	11	6	4	2	3	1	3	0	0	0	31	74	2.100	14.9	2.7	4.1	4.1	1.00
1960	29	BOS-min	AAA	5	5	.500	2.62	17	11					96.0	99	40	28	5	22								1.260	9.3	0.5	2.1			MNE · AA
1960	29	BOS	AL	6	4	.600	3.24	23	14	3	4	1	0	125.0	116	53	45	6	36	2	75	5	0	4	530	125	1.216	8.4	0.4	2.6	5.4	2.08
1961	30	BOS	AL	3	11	.214	5.67	38	11	14	2	0	2	112.2	130	87	71	18	36	2	47	2	0	2	502	73	1.473	10.4	1.4	2.9	3.8	1.31
1962	31	STL-BOS-min	AAA	5	8	.385	3.31	25	10		4	1		98.0	107	46	36	5	34	4	49	3	0	1			1.439	9.8	0.5	3.1	4.5	1.44	ATA,SLE · IL,PCL
1962	31	BOS	AL	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	20	50	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	2.3	0.50
1963	32	NYY-min	AAA	10	6	.625	2.42	28	17					145.0	129	45	39	9	25		79						1.062	8.0	0.6	1.6	4.9	3.16	RMD · IL
1964	33	NYY-min	AAA	9	9	.500	4.24	31	18		3	0		136.0	148	72	64	19	34	4	64	5	0	1			1.338	9.8	1.3	2.2	4.2	1.88	RMD · IL
1965	34	STL-min	AA	0	1	.000	5.40	8	0					15.0	25	11	9	1	2		5						1.800	15.0	0.6	1.2	3.0	2.50	TUL · TL
6 Yrs				16	23	.410	4.33	125	32	52	7	1	15	376.1	407	213	181	38	132	18	188	12	0	7	1653	95	1.432	9.7	0.9	3.2	4.5	1.42
162 Game Avg.				7	10	.410	4.33	54	14	23	3	0	6	163	176	92	78	16	57	8	81	5	0	3	716	95	1.432	9.7	0.9	3.2	4.5	1.42

BOS (3 yrs)				9	15	.375	4.47	62	26	17	6	1	2	241.2	254	144	120	24	74	4	123	7	0	6	1052	92	1.357	9.5	0.9	2.8	4.6	1.66
STL (2 yrs)				7	8	.467	4.01	58	6	33	1	0	13	128.0	142	63	57	12	55	13	62	5	0	1	570	102	1.539	10.0	0.8	3.9	4.4	1.13
SFG (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	11	6	4	2	3	1	3	0	0	0	31	74	2.100	14.9	2.7	4.1	4.1	1.00

AL (3 yrs)				9	15	.375	4.47	62	26	17	6	1	2	241.2	254	144	120	24	74	4	123	7	0	6	1052	92	1.357	9.5	0.9	2.8	4.6	1.66
NL (3 yrs)				7	8	.467	4.08	63	6	35	1	0	13	134.2	153	69	61	14	58	14	65	5	0	1	601	101	1.567	10.2	0.9	3.9	4.3	1.12

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1957	26	STL	NL	43.2	23	0	11	2.27	4.42	0.17	0.00	100.3	4.27	10	1.1	1.6	0.3	1.8	14	.549	.507	$
1958	27	STL	NL	84.0	35	6	52	5.57	4.57	0.04	0.00	104.5	4.74	-8	-0.8	1.4	-0.2	-0.2	1	.477	.495	$
1959	28	SFG	NL	6.2	5	0	6	8.10	4.46	0.10	0.00	92.8	4.04	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.439	.498	$
1960	29	BOS	AL	125.0	23	14	53	3.82	4.52	-0.31	0.04	104.3	5.08	18	2.1	1.4	-0.0	3.0	29	.590	.513	$
1961	30	BOS	AL	112.2	38	11	87	6.95	4.61	0.09	-0.06	103.6	4.62	-28	-2.7	1.0	-0.1	-2.0	-18	.428	.483	$
1962	31	BOS	AL	4.0	1	1	4	9.00	4.39	0.33	0.07	98.0	4.05	-2	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.314	.499	$
6 Seasons				376.0	125	32	213	5.10	4.55	-0.04	-0.00	103.4	4.74	-13	-0.9	1.3	-0.0	2.3	22	.493	.499	$

BOS (3 yrs)				241.2	62	26	144	5.36	4.56	-0.11	-0.01	103.8	4.85	-12	-0.9	1.1	-0.1	0.8	8	.486	.498	$
STL (2 yrs)				127.2	58	6	63	4.44	4.52	0.08	0.00	103.0	4.58	2	0.3	1.5	0.0	1.6	16	.505	.501	$
SFG (1 yr)				6.2	5	0	6	8.10	4.46	0.10	0.00	92.8	4.04	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.439	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1957	26	STL	NL	23	174	158	11	35	6	1	1	0	0	13	21	.222	.279	.291	.570	.248	46	5	0	2	1	4	1
1958	27	STL	NL	35	397	339	52	107	23	2	11	5	2	42	41	.316	.397	.493	.890	.332	167	9	5	9	2	9	7
1959	28	SFG	NL	5	31	27	6	11	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	.407	.467	.630	1.096	.409	17	1	0	1	0	1	1
1960	29	BOS	AL	23	530	480	53	116	27	2	6	1	3	36	75	.242	.299	.344	.643	.273	165	9	5	5	4	2	13
1961	30	BOS	AL	38	500	447	87	130	22	4	18	5	0	36	47	.291	.344	.479	.823	.291	214	12	2	14	3	2	13
1962	31	BOS	AL	1	20	17	4	8	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	.471	.500	.706	1.206	.471	12	1	0	0	1	0	0
6 Yrs				125	1652	1468	213	407	80	10	38	11	6	132	188	.277	.339	.423	.763	.294	621	37	12	31	11	18	35
162 Game Avg.				54	716	636	92	176	35	4	16	5	3	57	81	.277	.339	.423	.763	.294	269	16	5	13	5	8	15
MLB Averages																.257	.325	.393	.718	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1957	26	STL	NL	8.9	0.9	176	1.1	5.1	-4.1	1.65	0.8	-0.2	12.1	1.3	1.65	9.5	9	8	6
1958	27	STL	NL	-7.0	-0.7	407	-1.1	8.5	-9.7	1.33	-1.8	1.0	-10.4	-1.0	1.33	-19.2	10	7	12
1959	28	SFG	NL	-1.8	-0.2	33	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	.25	-0.3	0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.25	-4.0	0	0	5
1960	29	BOS	AL	9.4	1.0	538	2.2	10.7	-8.5	1.09	1.3	0.8	10.3	1.0	1.09	6.7	4	2	2
1961	30	BOS	AL	-21.0	-2.0	512	-2.3	7.3	-9.6	.87	-1.8	-0.8	-26.8	-2.5	0.87	-19.1	6	5	15
1962	31	BOS	AL	-1.7	-0.2	20	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.09	-0.2	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	1.09	-2.1	0	0	0
6 Yrs				-13.1	-1.1	1686	-0.5	32.1	-32.5	1.12	-2.1	1.7	-20.7	-1.8	1.12	-28.2	29	22	40

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1958	27	STL	NL	35	6	1	3	2	0	0	1	5	.167	0	1	1	0	2	33%	44.5	62	30	14	6	1	3	4.2	6.2	5.2

1960	29	BOS	AL	23	14	5	3	6	1	2	7	7	.500	3	1	4	1	11	79%	58.0	80	14	18	10	3	6	3.1	3.4	7.4
1961	30	BOS	AL	38	11	1	8	2	0	4	2	9	.182	0	1	2	0	6	55%	40.8	69	14	14	10	5	1	2.9	1.3	5.2
1962	31	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	29.0	29	29	0	0	0	1	5.4	4.5	4.0
4 Yrs				97	32	7	14	11	1	6	10	22	.313	3	4	7	1	19	59%	49	80	14	46	26	9	11	3.3	3.2	6.1
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	115	-14					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1957	26	STL	NL	23	23	16	3	2	10	8	2	80%	11	24	7	29%	9	1.654	9	8	6	11	4	8	12	11	18	4	18	9	5.7
1958	27	STL	NL	35	29	17	3	3	7	5	2	71%	9	12	4	33%	9	1.328	10	7	12	9	5	15	8	21	16	6	17	3	5.5
1959	28	SFG	NL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	2	100%	8	.245	0	0	5	0	0	5	2	3	3	1	3	0	4.0
1960	29	BOS	AL	23	9	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	11	5	45%	3	1.093	4	2	2	1	3	5	5	4	5	1	6	2	7.0
1961	30	BOS	AL	38	27	14	2	3	2	2	0	100%	3	20	10	50%	6	.871	6	5	15	3	3	21	12	15	18	2	18	2	6.2
5 Yrs				124	93	52	9	9	19	15	4	79%	23	69	28	41%		1.126	29	22	40	24	15	54	39	54	60	14	62	16	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1957	26	STL	NL	174	51%	0.6%	12.1%	7.5%	4.6%	23%	1.29	79%	43	5	12%
1958	27	STL	NL	397	60%	2.8%	10.3%	10.6%	9.1%	34%	0.91	73%	79	9	11%
1959	28	SFG	NL	31	65%	6.5%	9.7%	9.7%	6.5%	18%	1.14	71%	10	1	10%
1960	29	BOS	AL	530	68%	1.1%	14.2%	6.8%	6.6%	30%	0.95	76%	112	9	8%
1961	30	BOS	AL	502	64%	3.6%	9.4%	7.2%	8.8%	34%	0.98	77%	99	12	12%
1962	31	BOS	AL	20	65%	0.0%	5.0%	10.0%	15.0%	38%	0.50	85%	6	1	17%
6 Yrs				1654	63%	2.3%	11.4%	8.0%	7.8%	31%	0.98	76%	349	37	11%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	13.5%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.02	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1957	26	STL	NL	174	35			1	0	9	1	0	0	1	17	8	1	47%	1	1	1	71	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1958	27	STL	NL	397	107			11	1	11	8	3	4	7	25	9	5	36%	7	0	2	179	5	2	71%	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1959	28	SFG	NL	31	11			2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	29	BOS	AL	530	116			6	0	12	4	2	3	3	23	11	2	48%	13	4	0	217	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	0
1961	30	BOS	AL	500	130			18	0	11	8	10	9	9	32	18	5	56%	13	2	1	197	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	2
1962	31	BOS	AL	20	8			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6 Yrs				1652	407			38	1	44	22	16	17	21	100	48	13	48%	35	7	4	690	11	6	65%	10	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	28	2
MLB Averages																		52%							61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1957	26	3	2	.600	2.25	23	0	16	0	0	8	44.0	35	11	11	1	13	4	21	0	1	174	177	1.091	7.2	0.2	2.7	4.3	1.62	177
1958	27	7	8	.467	4.01	58	6	33	1	0	13	128.0	142	63	57	12	55	13	62	5	1	570	102	1.539	10.0	0.8	3.9	4.4	1.13	102
1959	28	7	8	.467	4.08	63	6	35	1	0	13	134.2	153	69	61	14	58	14	65	5	1	601	101	1.567	10.2	0.9	3.9	4.3	1.12	101
1960	29	13	12	.520	3.67	86	20	38	5	1	13	259.2	269	122	106	20	94	16	140	10	5	1131	111	1.398	9.3	0.7	3.3	4.9	1.49	111
1961	30	16	23	.410	4.28	124	31	52	7	1	15	372.1	399	209	177	38	130	18	187	12	7	1633	96	1.421	9.6	0.9	3.1	4.5	1.44	96
1962	31	16	23	.410	4.33	125	32	52	7	1	15	376.1	407	213	181	38	132	18	188	12	7	1653	95	1.432	9.7	0.9	3.2	4.5	1.42	95

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1957	26	3	1	.750	2.45	44.0	37	13	12	1	14	21	0	1.159	7.6	2.9	4.3	1.50	0.2	23
1958	27	4	5	.444	4.81	86.0	110	51	46	11	43	42	5	1.779	11.5	4.5	4.4	0.98	1.2	35
1959	28	0	0		6.00	6.0	12	4	4	2	3	3	0	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	3.0	5
1960	29	9	5	.643	3.07	132.0	120	50	45	6	37	79	5	1.189	8.2	2.5	5.4	2.14	0.4	23
1961	30	4	8	.333	5.34	113.0	126	74	67	17	35	47	2	1.425	10.0	2.8	3.7	1.34	1.4	38
1962	31	0	0		12.00	3.0	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	3.333	24.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	0.0	1
6 Yrs		20	19	.513	4.17	384.0	413	196	178	37	134	193	12	1.424	9.7		4.5	1.44	0.9	125

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1960 AL 3.0 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1957 NL 8 (8th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1960 AL 2.2 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1960 AL 3.0 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1957 NL 8 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1960 AL 2.2 (6th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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